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To ensure a safe and healthy start to the school year, please review the following important health requirements and deadlines:

Immunizations

All students must be up to date on required immunizations. If your child has a medical or religious exemption, proper documentation must be submitted to the school nurse. Immunization records and exemptions are due by August 12.

Medications

Students that take daily medication while at school must have the medication brought to school by the parent. The parent will also fill out required paperwork for administration. Please check Veracross to see if you have given permission for ibuprofen and/or Tylenol to be administered. Directions are in the Health Services page on the website.

Healthcare Plans

Students with health concerns like: Diabetes, seizures, asthma and/or severe allergies must submit an Action Plan, that is obtained from the doctor's office, along with related medications to school nurses on or before the first day of school. 

NOTE: Students are not allowed to bring or carry medication to school or school events. Student's are not allowed to carry medication in their backpack, purses or in their lunch sacks. The only exceptions are for emergency medications like albuterol, insulin, glucagon, and epinephrine auto-injectors and the nurse must be made aware.

Flu Vaccine Clinics

Our annual flu vaccine clinic is usually scheduled the first week in October. More information and consent forms will appear in Wildcat Weekly in September. 

For more information, please check out the School Community Handbook. Most medication forms are located on the School’s Health Services webpage or can be filled out in the nurse's office. The nurses will be present during orientation to accept medication, forms and answer any questions or concerns.

We are pleased to continue our partnership with local bookstore, Wordsworth Books, for our textbooks for the coming year. The Wordsworth website is now live for families to order textbooks. Please note that all Wordsworth textbook orders must be placed online—in-store purchases are not available for our textbook lists. 

Families are welcome to purchase textbooks through Wordsworth or another vendor of their choice.

• If you choose to order through Wordsworth, please be sure to use the Episcopal Collegiate School–specific ordering pages (linked below), which are organized by grade/class-level to ensure you receive the correct editions and complete list of required titles.
• If you choose to order from another vendor, please carefully verify that you are selecting the correct editions by matching the ISBN numbers from the Full Textbook List (linked below) with the listings on the vendor’s site.

We encourage families to order school textbooks early to ensure good availability of the books needed.

• 6th Grade Textbooks
• 7th Grade Textbooks
• 8th Grade Textbooks
• 9th Grade Textbooks
• 10th Grade Textbooks
• 11th & 12th Grade Textbooks

Full Textbook List

Textbooks available via Wordsworth Books

To help keep your child’s Chromebook safe throughout the school year, we strongly recommend using a padded 14-inch sleeve. These sleeves offer an extra layer of protection inside backpacks—helping prevent scratches, pressure damage, and accidental bumps from books and binders. 

Here’s an affordable option on Amazon for $8.99

Rising 6th Grade

Rising 7th Grade

Rising 8th Grade

Rising 9th Grade

Rising 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade families are welcome to purchase school supply kits online through our vendor, School Toolbox. 

School Toolbox Supply Kits

New uniforms can be purchased at The Toggery children’s store in Pleasant Ridge Shopping Center. Click here to view the school uniform guidelines.

Please note that the first day students will be required to wear Dress Uniform is Wednesday, September 9, for All School Convocation, which will also be school picture day.

Please note, all uniform bottoms should be consistent with the Episcopal uniform color and style pattern, but do not have to be purchased through the Toggery.

Lower School Used Uniforms

Used Uniforms are available in the Lower School Parents’ Auxiliary room at any time during the summer from 8:30-3:30pm Monday through Thursday and from 8:30-12pm on Fridays. Used uniforms will also be set up in the Lower School cafeteria during orientations.To shop used uniforms, please contact auxiliary@episcopalcollegiate.org.

Shopping hours in the cafeteria will be on the following days:

• Friday, July 31, 9:00 am-3:00 pm
• Saturday, August 1, 9:00 am-12:00 pm  
• Monday, August 3, 9:00 am-3:00 pm

Middle & Upper School Used Uniforms

Used uniforms are available for purchase in the MS/US Dining Hall later this summer. If you have any questions about the Used Uniform Sale, please contact auxiliary@episcopalcollegiate.org.

Shopping hours in the Dining Hall will be from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm on the following days:

• Friday, July 31
• Saturday, August 1 (Shorter hours- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm) 
• Monday, August 3

To fully meet our community and academic goals, to enhance our students’ interpersonal skills, and to support student health and well-being, students may not possess or use personal cell phones from 8:05 am to 3:35 pm on regular school days. By restricting phone access during the school day, we believe students and educators will find it easier to engage in learning, develop deeper and broader social interactions, and reduce disruptions caused by managing phones.

You can learn more about Upper School's cell phone policy here.